[crdoconnor]

I used linux mint mate for a while - while it's a generally serviceable fork of ubuntu, there are a number of problematic issues which crop up due to it being a fork - especially when doing routine upgrades.

I'm somewhat wary of forks now. Deviating from the standard configs is asking for trouble when it comes to upgrading.

If I preferred MATE, I'd probably use this over mint for this reason.